Stock-car



(No Model.)

n B. C. HICKS.

STOCK GAR.

Patented June 10, 1890.

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t UNITED STATES` PATENT OEEicE.

BOHN CHAPIN HICKS, OE MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE HICKS STOCK CAR COMPANY, OF TEST VIRGINIA.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 429,916, dated June 10, 1890.

Application led November 8, 1889. Serial No. 329,611. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- hand of the operator. Cranks or handavheels Be it known that LABOHN CHAPIN HICKS, a will be connected to the pinions b3, by which citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Minthey may be revolved, and thus through the neapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State chains revolve the shafts D. Upon the shafts 5 of Minnesota, have invented certain new and D near each end is a drum formed with a 55 useful Improvements in Stock-Cars, of which small central portion and with its sides of the following is a specification. larger disks D3, or the shaft itself may be util- 'lhis invention relates to stock-cars; and it ized as the central portion and the disks consists in the manner of constructing and opformed separately and secured to the shaft a 1o erating the series of slatted stall-bars,whereby short distance apart. Connected by one end 60 the interior of the car may be divided into to each of the drums between the disks, or to separate compartments for the animals, as the shaft between the disks, as the case may hereinafter shown and described, and specilibe, is a chain D4, the other end of each of the cally pointed out in the claims. chains being connected to the upper link a 15 In the drawings, Figure 1 is a cross-sectional of each of the chains connecting t-he stall-bars 65 View, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional B, as shown. The links of the chains D4 will elevation, of a portion of a stock-cai' with my preferably be of at regular links, and the improvements arranged therein. Fig. 3 is a space between the disks D3 will equal the reduced diagram of a car in longitudinal secwidth of the links, so that when the shafts D 2o tion, showing the arrangement of the interior are revolved the chains I)4 will be wound up 7o Xed partitions. between the disks and elevate the bars B, and

A represents the floor, A2 the side stanthe chains D4 will be just long enough when chions, and A3 t-he roof. All of these paris fully wound up to fill this space even with the maybe of the ordinary construction,or of any rims of the disks, so that when the first slat 2 5 special construction desired, as my invention B reaches the disks, the edge of the slat, the 75 is applicable to almost any form of car now ends of the rst or upper link a of the partiin use. The side stanchions A2 are arranged tion-chain, and the lower or last link of the in pairs, with a narrow space between them chains D4 will be in close proximity, so that to form guides for the ends of the stall-bars the continuation of the revolution of the shafts 3o B, as shown. These stall-bars are shown con- D will cause the slatted belt to be wound 8o nected by chains, the links a of which are subaround the disks D3 in the form of a drum or stantially the same as those shown in my patcylinder, as shown at the rightin Fig. 2. By ent, No. 401,274, April 9, 1889, which is the this simple device the slatted belts may be preferable form; but other forms of links may elevated into the top of the car to leave the 3 5 be used, if desired. interior of the car free from obstruction when 85 Across the upper part of the car-frame desired. Then when it is desired to lower the above each of the sets of stall-bars is a shaft stall-bars it is only necessary to reverse the D', journaled by its ends in the car-frame. motion of the shafts D, when the gravity of When used in connection with cars forthe the slats will cause them to run down again 4o transportation of horses or fine stock of other into their places, as at the right of Fig. l. 9e kinds, one end of each of the shafts will be Having thus described my invent-ion, what journaled in the partitions A4, which are set I claim as new islengthwise of the car to form gangways A5, l. In astock-car,a lieXible partition, in coinfor the convenience of the attendants in feedbinat-ion with a rotatable shaft having wind- 45 ing the stock, (see diagram,Fig.3,) andwhen ing peripheries of two different diameters, 95 thus constructed the end of the shaft within and chains connecting` said flexible partition the gangways will be provided with sprocketwith said shaft, eacli chain being attached at wheels b', from which chains l)2 lead down to one end to said iiexible partition and at the sprocket-pinions b3, attached to studs h4 on opposite end being operatively connected to a 5o the side of the partition A4 convenient to the portion of the periphery of said shaft, having roo a small diameter, substantially as lset forth, whereby said chains wind upon the peripheral portions of said shaft havin g small diameters, and the flexible partition itself winds upon the peripheral portions of the shaft having large diameter.

2. In a stock-ear, a flexible partition and a rotary shaft having' at its opposite ends a pair of peripherally-extending disks or flanges, in Combination with a ehain connecting each end of said shaft with said flexible partition, eaeh of said Chains winding upon said shaft between a pair of said disks or flanges, and said flexible partition winding upon the outer peripheries of said disks or flanges, substantially as set forth.

3. In a stock-ear, a longitudinal partition along one side of the ear, whereby a gangway is formed between said partit-ion and said side of the ear, and a plurality of flexible partitions exteuding erosswise of the body of the oar and dividing the ear into a series of stalls or compartments, in combination with a plurality of rotatable shafts orosswise of the top of the ear, there being one shaft above each of said flexible partitions, winding-chains oonneeting eaeh of said shafts to one of said partitions, hand-wheels in said gangway for each of said shafts, and intermediate gearing between eaeh hand-wheel and its shaft, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BOHN CHAPIN HICKS.

Witnesses:

C. N. WooDwARD, Il. WEBSTER. 

